A suburban Chicago man thought he had the perfect chick magnet in his pet alligator. Authorities only saw a dangerous animal.

A charge of possession of a dangerous animal has been filed against 43-year-old Dewayne Yarbrough of Ford Heights, who claims he kept the four-foot alligator to impress women.

Yarbrough told Cook County sheriff's investigators he kept the alligator in a small tank and fed it only 10 live mice a month to keep it from growing too large. He said he bought the gator five years ago in Indiana for $200.

Animal control investigators did not say how they learned of the alligator, which they found in Yarbrough's kitchen.

The alligator was taken Thursday to the Animal Welfare League and will be given to the Chicago Herpetological Society.

Mayfair art dealer Mark Weiss in disgrace after admitting poison pen campaign against rival Philip Mould - 05/09/11http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8498981/Mayfair-art-dealer-Mark-Weiss-in-disgrace-after-admitting-poison-pen-campaign-against-rival-Philip-Mould.htmlHe has spent much of his life tracking down lost treasures by old masters and styles himself as the sleuth of the art dealing world. But when Philip Mould, a Mayfair gallery owner and Antiques Roadshow regular, came under attack from a poison pen writer, his formidable skills of detection seemed to have failed him. For two years he fought to save his reputation, and his marriage, as false allegations of infidelity and financial problems were planted in newspapers and on the internet by an unidentified enemy.

Social media creates predators and prey - 05/08/11http://universe.byu.edu/node/15856From creepy stalkers to crime fighters, both sides of crime are using social media to their respective advantage. Andrea Cowley, a behavioral science major from Sandy, has repeatedly been on the receiving end of cyber-stalking. “I’m seriously considering getting rid of my Facebook because of some kid,” Cowley said. “I’ve blocked him, ignored him and told him to leave me alone. He just creates new accounts and harasses me from a new profile.”

Cyberbullying takes hurt to a new level - 05/08/11http://www.azdailysun.com/news/national/article_871c8ddd-1d83-5610-a95a-71deeda5080a.htmlIt used to be that a teenager who was pushed into a locker or taunted for somehow being different could escape to the haven of home after school. Not any longer. Bullying has expanded beyond the playground and into the personal space of students. Even in their bedrooms, kids often can't escape the threats of bullies, thanks to cruel texts, phony Facebook profiles, even online gaming.

Fake Facebook victim in sex e-mail barrage - 05/07/11http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/9013340.Fake_Facebook_victim_in_sex_e_mail_barrage/A COMPUTER expert has been ordered to carry out unpaid work after using his father-in-law’s details to set up a Facebook account without his knowledge. Timothy Guise, of Victoria Street, Barbourne, Worcester, was sentenced to 200 hours unpaid work and told to pay £320 in compensation to Peter Derbyshire, having admitted harassment without violence at an earlier hearing at Worcester Magistrates Court.

Spanish students cause havoc with mass party - 05/06/11http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/06/spanish-students-organise-paella-protestA massive party organised by students using social networking sites brought university classes to a standstill on Thursday in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia. The law and economics faculties at the city's university had to close their doors as drunken students began to run amok after more than a thousand people had gathered for an outdoor bring-a-bottle party at the campus.

Man who faked porn of ex-girlfriend denied court diversion - 05/06/11http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view/20110506man_who_faked_porn_of_ex-girlfriend_denied_court_diversion/srvc=home&position=recentA Brooklyn, N.Y., man accused of tarnishing his ex-girlfriend’s name by distributing fraudulent pornographic images of the Greenwich private school teacher on the Internet was denied entry into a court diversionary program for the second time Thursday during a hearing in state Superior Court. As Matthew John Bartnik, 29, of 326 81st St., stood in court, Judge William Wenzel told him it was time to deal with the consequences of his actions. "Unfortunately, there are times when each of us have to be held accountable for our actions, which is not always pleasant," Wenzel said. "Some actions are too significant and too harmful to others to be eligible for a program."

Leidecker wants e-mails thrown out in Gablinske case - 05/04/11http://www.eastbayri.com/detail/142860.htmlJohn Leidecker, the state teachers’ union official accused of circulating fake e-mails last fall in the name of former state Rep. Douglas Gablinske, is seeking to have those e-mails thrown out of court.

Remorseful man who sent email threat to Rep. Snyder gets probation - 05/03/11http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/may/03/remorseful-man-who-sent-email-threat-to-rep-gets/Before being sentenced to five years of probation on Tuesday, Manuel Pintado apologized in court for sending a threatening email to Republican state Rep. William Snyder in January, which resulted in the Massachusetts man's arrest on charges that could have put him in prison for 20 years.

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